STRING II (2002 - 2004)
Strategic partnership in the South Western Baltic Sea Transregional Area Implementing New Geography

In the second phase from 2002 till the spring of 2004 the development concept of STRING I was implemented in a first practical step with six subprojects and six topic forums:

STRING II was supported by the EU with 1.,05 Mio. Euro from the INTERREG IIIB Baltic Sea Area Programme. The total budget of this project was 2,1 Mio. Euro.

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For further information, please download a short information about STRING II

For reading the final short summary, please download the STRING II flyer

	In English language
	In Swedish language
	In German language

Special STRING brochure from Schleswig-Holstein:

in German language

Main Outputs of STRING II:

Planners' Forum
	The planner's forum did carry out exchange of information and experience between the actors from all the involved regions concerning spatial planning, district planning, economic development, settlement structures and environmental matters. Contact: Ernst Hansen, Schleswig-Holstein  Ernst Hansen
Transport Forum
	The traffic planner did handle the exchange of information and experience between actors from the involved regions in relation to traffic planning, development of the public planning of environmental and transport structure. Contact: Per Bennetsen, Storstrøms County - New: Region Zealand
Metropolitan Forum
	The exchange of information and experience between the actors from Copenhagen/Malmö and Hamburg and the outskirts in relation to economic development, city planning as well as social and environmental matters have been carried out by a forum made up of actors from the metropolitan areas. Contact: Dr. Jörg Knieling, Hamburg  Dr. Jörg Knieling
Business Development Forum
	The exchange of information and experience between the economic actors from the involved regions in relation to the media, the health sector, food industry, tourism and transport logistics, regional development and business development measures as well as industrial planning was the responsibility of this forum. Moreover common network and co-operation opportunities have been discussed. Contact: Dietrich Seele, Schleswig-Holstein  Michael Meinert
Cultural Forum
	The forum of the members of the different cultural administrations did carry through the exchange of information and experience between the cultural actors from all the involved regions in relation to exhibitions and cultural initiatives. They established closer co-operation between the cultural institutions and a network for cultural administration. Contact: Gert Haack, Schleswig-Holstein  Gert Haack
STRING TV Co-operation Pilot Project
	This pilot project consisting of TV actors from the entire STRING area prepared a concept for co-operation between regional television stations (the NDR Kiel, TV Øst Vordingborg, the Television Malmö in Sweden) and produced a common pilot transmission. Contact: Udo Biss, NDR, Schleswig-Holstein  Udo Biss
Medium Cities Portal
	The general aim of the forum was to establish a sustainable network of cities in the more rural regions of the STRING-area through an exchange of ideas and knowledge between relevant actors from our medium sized cities. Contact: Ernst Hansen, Schleswig-Holstein  Ernst Hansen
Sub-projects:
Integrated Coastal Zone Management
	Management With this project environmental-friendly and sustainable tourism in the coastal areas has been secured: Experience has been collected, exchanged and discussed in order to further the sustainable development of the coastal zone and the water. Contact: Gertrud Egnell, Skåne
HOST - Highlighting the Natural and Cultural Heritage of STRING/HOST
	With its attractive metropolitan areas, landscapes and history, the STRING area is rich in culture. The regional culture and nature together with the exchange of experience of the actors should lead to new ways of obtaining a sustainable tourist industry. The results were published on an inter-active homepage and in several languages on the Internet as well as through other media. Contact: Horst Weppler, Kreis Ostholstein  Horst Weppler
SME Business@STRING
	romotion of E-business for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Southwestern Baltic Sea Transregional Area. The establishment of a transregional co-operation structure means an encouragement to the SMEs and the business development companies to further exploit the E-Business technology. This meant new possibilities for small and medium-sized companies to open up new markets. Contact: Bo Strömgren, Municipality of Skurup
Online-based Training in Vocational and Further Training
	The objective of the project was to create a transregional co-operation combining the Internet-based education and training, and serving as exchange of know-how in the STRING region. The project partners came from different fields of the educational and training sector with specific thematic interests and specialities. The inputs reached from establishing an Internet portal including the offer of an information database, to the offer and development of Internet-based education and courses with the particular purpose of servicing the SMEs. Contact: Susanne Sabisch-Schellhas, Hamburg  Susanne Sabisch-Schellhas
STRING Viking Network
	This project did build a transregional co-operation for the exchange of the processing, creation and marketing concepts of the cultural heritage of the southwestern Baltic area Vikings. The attractive cultural heritage and measures had to be integrated into a marketing concept for sustainable tourism in connection with Viking museums and Viking centres (Haithabu, Tissø, Uppåkra). Contact: Prof. Dr. Claus von Carnap-Bornheim, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen  Prof. Carnap-Bornheim For further information please visit Haithabu:  http://www.schloss-gottorf.de/ Tissø:  www.kalmus.dk/Historien/tissoe.htm Uppåkra:  http://www.uppakra.se/
STRING Design Project
	Traditionally, design and handicraft have been highly represented in the STRING area. To further young innovative design, the project was to be an Internet-based platform of trans-regional co-operation, presentation and marketing. Apart from co-operation with the institutions of tertiary education, the project included training in marketing strategies as well as the development of a network with many ramifications of supporting establishments. After 2004 the project was continued by the organisation BDT- Baltic Design Transfer. For more information please visit  www.balticdesigntransfer.org Contact: Jens Jacobsen, BDT – Baltic Design Transfer, Kiel  Jens Jacobsen
Concrete Activities of STRING II within Key Areas of Action: Business • E-business multilingual training modules for SME • CD_ROM for SMEs regarding competence building on IT/e-business and e-learning • Business Forum   - Workshop “Life Sciences – Possibilities and challenges in a key sector”   - Workshop “Food”   - Workshop “Technology Transfer”   - E-learning portal and pilot training course “water treatment” in Danish, Swedish, English and     German   - Vocational training conference   - “Economical structures in the STRING area” (brochure) • Identification of three business sectors for further cooperation, i.e. New Media, Medical/Health and Food Culture • Pilot broad cast, cooperation between tv stations • Network of Viking researchers, knowledge exchange • Design project “Human body Innovation”, STRING award for design, IdeaBook, Internet platform as a design archive, Action Plan for design • “Human body – subject of Innovation” (seminar) • Cultural Forum (network of the cultural administrations) Transport, Infrastructure and Settlement Structures • Transport Forum   - Working Group reports on transport issues, i.e. infrastructure planning processes, ports,     public transport, IT, freight and logistics • Medium Cities Forum   - “Medium Cities – Chances and risks” (seminar) • Metropolitan Forum   - Analysis of cooperation fields between Metropolitan areas Environment, Nature and Landscape • Internet based Tourism route from Skåne via Zealand to Northern Germany HOST • Planners Forum   - “Spatial Development and Demographic Change“ (seminar)   - “Regional Cooperation in the STRING area – Learning and Exchange of Experience” (seminar) • Integrated Coastal Zone Management (report) • “Harbours in change – future development” (seminar) • “Erosion and climate” (seminar) • “Around a Port” (seminar) • “Sustainable development indicators for the STRING-areas” (seminar) • “Tourism and Outdoor Life on the Basis of Sustainability” (seminar) • Concept for a bike route around the South-western Baltic Sea with a link Kiel-Skåne • Strategy for sustainable development in coastal areas